The aims of The Bethesda System (TBS) were to provide effective communication from the laboratory to the clinical provider; facilitate cytologic-histologic correlation; facilitate research into the epidemiology, biology, and pathology of cervical disease; and provide reproducible and reliable data for national and international statistical analysis comparisons. Dr. Diane Solomon and colleagues'...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the validity of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) through meta-analysis. STUDY DESIGN All publications between January 1, 2008 and September 1, 2011 that studied TBSRTC and had available histological follow-up data were retrieved. To calculate the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy, the cases diagnosed as follicula...

EMARKABLE ADVANCES in technology and in understanding of the development of cervical cancer have opened a new era in cervical cancer screening. In the past few years: • The traditional technique of smearing cervical cells on a glass slide for the Papanicolaou (Pap) test has been largely replaced by a liquid-collection technique • A major trial sponsored by the National Cancer Institute provided...

categories in TBSRTC soon led to the successful introduction of a whole new era of ‘thyroid molecular cytopathology’, with novel tests further enhancing the accuracy of an FNA diagnosis [3, 4] . The success of TBSRTC is reflected in its widespread use by cytopathologists globally, the translation of the monograph into 4 other languages, a large amount of published scientific literature, and its...

The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) established a standardized, category-based reporting system for thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) specimens. The 2017 revision reaffirms that every thyroid FNA report should begin with one of six diagnostic categories, the names of which remain unchanged since they were first introduced: (i) nondiagnostic or unsatisfactory; (ii...

Carcinoma uterine cervix is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women worldwide. To detect this widely prevalent cancer at an early stage, the simplest test has been a pap smear. Reporting of pap smears is done by using The Bethesda System 2001 prior to which many classification systems were developed [1,2,3,4]. To check the sensitivity and specificity of Bethesda system, the cytolo...

Background Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of thyroid is the initial screening test for thyroid nodules. The Bethesda system classifies thyroid FNAC into six categories. Each category is linked to a malignancy risk and has a recommended clinical management. The aim of this study is to analyze the thyroid cytology smears by Bethesda system and to correlate the diagnosis of cytopathology w...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (BSRTC) as a prognostic marker in conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). METHODS A total of 397 patients who underwent ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and surgery for conventional PTCs were enrolled. The association between the Bethesda ca...